It was a dream evening for this 25 year old from Britain, as he geared up to face arguably the greatest player ever in his second grand slam match. Entering the centre court alongside Federer, Marcus Willis had a familiar logo on his left sleeve – ‘RF’. What followed was one of the most entertaining evenings at SW19. Willis smiled his way out on the centre court, shaking his head in disbelief and enjoyed his time facing the seven time champion.
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The crowd cheered when Federer missed a forehand, went nuts when Willis finally won a game and applauded every fist pump of player ranked 772 in the world.
No surprises, twitter was buzzing his name too and here are some of the best tweets about this electrifying evening.
"I'm going to try and win a tennis match. I probably won't!"
Coming up later: the match of Marcus Willis' life…https://t.co/FIg0yH0wtx
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2016
If you aren't tuning in to see #WillisVFederer then you are missing out on how cool this whole thing is
— Shane Ephlin (@Lasercat1975) June 29, 2016
This smile!!!!?? and playing RF in an RF shirt?? #willis
— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) June 29, 2016
Had Roger ever been been this much of an underdog as far as the crowd goes in a match? #Willis
— Rajeev Ram (@RajeevRam) June 29, 2016
Marcus Willis played against Roger Federer… While wearing a Roger Federer shirt. I love it. That was fun #Wimbledon
— Emily (@ejweeks) June 29, 2016
Meanwhile at Wimbledon.#WillisOnFire pic.twitter.com/EBInTnLvSh
— NormalEmre (@NormalEmre) June 29, 2016
Imagine playing the best tennis player to walk the earth and having the cheek to deliver several beautiful aces…what a guy #WillisOnFire
— Johnny Togneri (@JohnnyTogneri) June 29, 2016
Two days ago, Marcus Willis had around 4k twitter followers. He has 14.4k now and a blue tick right next to his name.
— Mahima (@DropVolleys) June 29, 2016
Willis tried a lob shot against Federer. I bet he never even had the audacity to do that in his daydreams. #Wimbledon #WillisOnFire
— Danny Walsh (@DannyAllenWalsh) June 29, 2016
WILLIS IS ON THE BOARD. Brit gets standing ovation as he holds for 1-1* in the 2nd set against Federer. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/N1gfTcPH8j
— ESPNTennis (@ESPNTennis) June 29, 2016
The best moment of the day! So excited to be here at #Wimbledon #WillisOnFire https://t.co/86qta1ismZ
— Niki Love (@110Niki) June 29, 2016
Classy.
Roger Federer hangs back to let Marcus Willis soak up the crowd's applause.#Wimbledon https://t.co/Wby6YU4bIz
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2016
"Hey kid, want to see the video of the time I aced Roger Federer?" Marcus Willis, some day.
— Tom Perrotta (@TomPerrotta) June 29, 2016
thank you Marcus Willis you rare specimen pic.twitter.com/aUTY3NE1eJ
— Shitty Watercolour (@SWatercolour) June 29, 2016
"Sounds funny, but I'm disappointed to lose." -Marcus Willis, who thinks he could have played better today against Federer. #Wimbledon
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) June 29, 2016